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berlin barack obama will officially begin his second presidential term in less than an hour when he takes the oath of office at the white house he is expected to paint the prospects for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises but so far he has failed to keep for more let us now go live to two economic anti-war activist kevin zeese who is in baltimore mr aziz thank you very much for being with us now you're improving the economy was one of the pillars that barack obama campaigned on four years back how far has he delivered on that pledge and where do you think the u.s. economy will be in another four years from now. well hunter fortunately the economy is still a shambles we have very high unemployment and underemployment we're growing at a tiny pace and there are some there saying we're about to go into a recession the kinds of things that are being talked about by congress and the white house and the new treasury secretary point the jacob lew are going to make a recession more likely because they're talking about on this very austerity that will take more money out of t
berlin barack obama will officially begin his second presidential term in less than an hour when he takes the oath of office at the white house he is expected to paint the prospects for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises but so far he has failed to keep for more let us now go live to two economic anti-war activist kevin zeese who is in baltimore mr aziz thank you very much for being with us now you're improving the economy was one of the pillars that barack obama...
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four years showed he wasn't doing rel by failing to keep some of his pledges pledges and it's to can questions if it's a trend that's here to stay. it's generally thought that a second term six u.s. president walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue word that issue suppose this election has on tied his hands we don't have a crystal ball to tell you what he's going to do with those three presidential hands but we may already see signs of what is to come president obama steps into his second term carrying a heavy load of promises along with the pledge the threat of another devastating war in the middle east for four years president obama pushed to a great extent by israel as war with iran i will take no options off the tape and what i see. some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against a strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama adminis
four years showed he wasn't doing rel by failing to keep some of his pledges pledges and it's to can questions if it's a trend that's here to stay. it's generally thought that a second term six u.s. president walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue word that issue suppose this election has on tied his...
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that delivers a speech on the next four years of his presidency look at whether he can live up to his promises. us hungry up for profits why investment bankers are being blamed for forcing up food prices for everyone else the details coming up after this. choose your language killing weaker though in the federal subsidies still some other. treatments to get consensus here to. choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories could impact the. troops be sent off to. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't i'm sorry we're going to the big picture. here with r t live from moscow well with the general election looming in israel polls predict they'll be little changes to the makeup of the country as part of the meant for casper are promising the return of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is right wing the coup party and are leaving many voters apathetic and disillusioned artist paul the slayer has more. the countdown
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election year dick cheney was actually on t.v. made the comment that in february two thousand and two guantanamo was a great place it set me off so bad as i knew he was lying that i actually reached out some people to see dave's project and gave my awful awful story out outraged me that much that pretty much made me go public that was the breaking point for me and granted i'm glad that you're speaking out because we really we do hear sometimes about victims of torture victims of the war but the soldiers of course are pretty much thrown under the bus how hard is it for you to over see this kind of abuse of course you you kind of you know didn't want to talk about it for a while you wanted to kind of brush it under the rug and try to move for a player had but i mean how hard was it for you and eventually other guards or people who are overseeing this kind of abuse and realizing that it's not warranted . you know it's we getting upset and really call a lot of stuff that was gone maybe some of these individuals deserved what they got
election year dick cheney was actually on t.v. made the comment that in february two thousand and two guantanamo was a great place it set me off so bad as i knew he was lying that i actually reached out some people to see dave's project and gave my awful awful story out outraged me that much that pretty much made me go public that was the breaking point for me and granted i'm glad that you're speaking out because we really we do hear sometimes about victims of torture victims of the war but the...
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promises from his last four years in the white house is still ringing a little hollow former u.s. senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomber has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real question is is will there be a shift in his second term in line with what he said today for example will we back away from potential confrontation or in military involvement in syria will we back away from confrontation with iran and will we withdraw the missile deployment system on russia's western borders there are things that he can do to radically shift in his second term away from that bush legacy what a bomb his first four years showed he wasn't by failing to keep some of these pledges. questions if it's a trend that he's had to stay. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. pre
promises from his last four years in the white house is still ringing a little hollow former u.s. senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomber has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real...
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president obama pushed through a great extent by israel. war with iran i will take no options off the tape and what i see. some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against a strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama administration will be less warmongering towards the word but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue what many of the covert programs of course are drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia that would be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for. coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of president obama's tar
president obama pushed through a great extent by israel. war with iran i will take no options off the tape and what i see. some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against a strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama administration will be less warmongering towards the word but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table...
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house on monday he's expected to spell out his vision for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises he so far it fails to keep our g.'s going to check our reports from washington. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. president on walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue word that issue suppose this election has on tied his hands we don't have a crystal ball to tell you what he's going to do with those pre-presidential hands but we may already see signs of what is to come president obama steps into his second term carrying a heavy load of promises and want to cut the growth of jewish an advantage over the next ten years we've got to cut the deficit by four trillion dollars over the next gen years so long as i'm commander in chief we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known along with the pledges comes the threat of another devastating war
house on monday he's expected to spell out his vision for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises he so far it fails to keep our g.'s going to check our reports from washington. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. president on walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue...
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during the next four years and how did he live up to his pledges in the first term. hello and welcome to our t. is special coverage of the second inauguration of president barack obama today will be taking a look back at what has defined president obama's first term as well as what lies ahead from civil rights to foreign policy will dig deep into the real topics and issues that presses the u.s. today start off i want to bring in our panel r.t. correspondent meghan lopez and host of breaking the set here on r.t. abby martin great to have you all here to be here so big day here in washington d.c. . i guess want to start off with with the big inauguration speech president obama is kind of known for his passionate speech is kind of a rallying up the people he famously said there is no red states there's no blue states there's the united states but of course the reality here we are today the beginning of the second term is that. we have a very divided congress and we see very sharp difference differences between the red states and the blue states so despite kind of his rh
during the next four years and how did he live up to his pledges in the first term. hello and welcome to our t. is special coverage of the second inauguration of president barack obama today will be taking a look back at what has defined president obama's first term as well as what lies ahead from civil rights to foreign policy will dig deep into the real topics and issues that presses the u.s. today start off i want to bring in our panel r.t. correspondent meghan lopez and host of breaking the...
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war in iraq among other things what do you expect for the next four years. first of all i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit for united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic situation regardless of what president obama in terms of his efforts the stimulus indeed i suspect that in some ways the efforts by the obama administration actually slowed down the american that. my guess my guess is that mr obama will continue to pursue his a program of expanding government with its domestic policies certainly we'll see how obamacare actually works minute state governments are now involved in trying to determine whether or not they will set up health care exchanges i suspect will continue to see the obama administration involvement more and more in the offing with respect to foreign policy there are a few hopeful signs of the nomination of a goal as the i think that this has some of us because some her ego was not as much of a supporter of the united states involvement in the middle as other people so i think
war in iraq among other things what do you expect for the next four years. first of all i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit for united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic situation regardless of what president obama in terms of his efforts the stimulus indeed i suspect that in some ways the efforts by the obama administration actually slowed down the american that. my guess my guess is that mr obama will continue to pursue his a...
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now barack obama is officially celebrating the start of his second presidential term even as some cain promises from his last four years in the white still ring out additional hollowell to discuss what could change in the next four years in america and everywhere else we are joined by benedict's a former u.s. military policy director thank you for joining us if we could stop. with the question during his speech to washington the washington crowds barack obama did state that enduring will security and lasting. did not require perpetual war if you think that is a sign that the u.s. will slow down or even end its will its operations abroad i think it's least good that he said that and maybe it will have some maybe he means it partly but we haven't seen that over the past four years he's escalated the wars in afghanistan he's escalated the drone attacks around the world so i'm certainly skeptical it's i never thought republicans would be in those wars possibly now that he's in his second term he will stop and think about things but from what i've seen there's been no real activity towards
now barack obama is officially celebrating the start of his second presidential term even as some cain promises from his last four years in the white still ring out additional hollowell to discuss what could change in the next four years in america and everywhere else we are joined by benedict's a former u.s. military policy director thank you for joining us if we could stop. with the question during his speech to washington the washington crowds barack obama did state that enduring will...
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be called out for a million different things but instead has been demonized first amy made over six years ago well the organization just posted this full page ad in new york times yesterday calling into question hazels loyalty and labeling him as israel even going as far as saying it including a quote from alan dershowitz that suggests hagel quote speaks the language of the bigots of to iran. wow strong language and look i'm not calling out abrams for having an opinion that she is more than entitled to but i am calling her out for blatant hypocrisy because the only reason chuck hagel is being smeared is anti israel is because he said this in two thousand and six he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i mean you know did state senator i'm not an israeli senator. true that so the reason the situation here reeks of irony is because rachel abrams is one of the most hateful human beings i've come across lately when she's not smearing the names of those critical of israel she's devoting her time and energy to the hatred of palestinians she act
be called out for a million different things but instead has been demonized first amy made over six years ago well the organization just posted this full page ad in new york times yesterday calling into question hazels loyalty and labeling him as israel even going as far as saying it including a quote from alan dershowitz that suggests hagel quote speaks the language of the bigots of to iran. wow strong language and look i'm not calling out abrams for having an opinion that she is more than...
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two years when. i can say with assurance that this is a very different mission. and different tasks and a very different footprint for the u.s. if we are able to come to an appropriate agreement now one of the key points of the agreement that the president mentioned there that key point probably is immunity from prosecution for u.s. troops so that the afghans cannot prosecute any american soldier if they commit a crime that's the deal that the white house couldn't get from the iraqi government the u.s. wanted to keep some troops there but couldn't because of how the oppose the iraqis were to allowing the u.s. to further operate there with impunity but with homemade karzai it could be different he indicated that he is willing to give that immunity and that he's willing to bourg it besides he knows that he's in power because of the americans and many experts believe his government will collapse in no time after americans leave but whatever post twenty fourteen deal comes out of their negotiations it might not be easy for washington to sell it to the american people
two years when. i can say with assurance that this is a very different mission. and different tasks and a very different footprint for the u.s. if we are able to come to an appropriate agreement now one of the key points of the agreement that the president mentioned there that key point probably is immunity from prosecution for u.s. troops so that the afghans cannot prosecute any american soldier if they commit a crime that's the deal that the white house couldn't get from the iraqi government...
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of iraq obama has now officially started his second term at the white house and we get expert opinion what to expect from the american president of the next four years whether the late government promises. hundreds of people have gathered in new york to pay their respects to aaron swartz an internet freedom activist who committed suicide last week the twenty six year old computer prodigy's death came before his trial for allegedly hacking into mit online publication archives with this week a federal prosecutors dropped the charges against him but his family and friends say the legal pressures drove the activists to take his own life and the situation reports. the crime downloading millions of academic papers in the public domain from a paid subscription database and the belief that they should be free. to essentially rocking out too many books in the library the punishment facing thirty years behind bars and a million dollar fine you're looking at a crime that essentially amounts to download a p.d.f. to a hard drive. no person was harmed. there was no financial benefit murder received
of iraq obama has now officially started his second term at the white house and we get expert opinion what to expect from the american president of the next four years whether the late government promises. hundreds of people have gathered in new york to pay their respects to aaron swartz an internet freedom activist who committed suicide last week the twenty six year old computer prodigy's death came before his trial for allegedly hacking into mit online publication archives with this week a...
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at the white house on monday he's expected to spend at the prospects for next four years and plans to deliver on some promises so far failed to keep but james lock who was the former head of america's libertarian party believes the hope for change is futile i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit or in the united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic system where he should regard was what president obama. was ever stimulus and b. . in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slowed down the american with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs all the nomination hate all my but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be a program of using drones. our has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the beer's americans i'm not sick or sanguine about the prospects or seeing us move forward toward the united states being a country which respects international we and also respects the libertie
at the white house on monday he's expected to spend at the prospects for next four years and plans to deliver on some promises so far failed to keep but james lock who was the former head of america's libertarian party believes the hope for change is futile i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit or in the united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic system where he should regard was what president obama. was ever stimulus and b. . in...
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non-racial day is about much more than a boring self taking a closer look at president obama's second term derby even little more through an even more invasions of our privacy can end monday january twenty first has been examined while fine for the president only one of. the. almost ten years ago twenty three year old american peace activist by the name of rachel corrie had her life cut tragically short while protesting against the demolition of the palestinians family's home rachel was crushed to death by an israeli bulldozer she was a member of the international solidarity movement and had gone to gaza at the height of the second palestinian intifada in march two thousand and three. seeking justice for their daughter's death rachel's parents filed a civil suit against the israeli government in two thousand and five for failing to conduct a full investigation into the case but lost it was purely symbolic and only asked for one us dollar in damages in an effort to clarify that the case against the government was about justice both for rachel and for the cause that she had so bravely d
non-racial day is about much more than a boring self taking a closer look at president obama's second term derby even little more through an even more invasions of our privacy can end monday january twenty first has been examined while fine for the president only one of. the. almost ten years ago twenty three year old american peace activist by the name of rachel corrie had her life cut tragically short while protesting against the demolition of the palestinians family's home rachel was crushed...